TCG Card Shop Tycoon Simulator

clint mcbride

3 years ago

I'm not a huge fan of the mobile gameplay loop but the premise here made it worth it. But, the game ruining problem is that the game encourages you to watch ads to expedite game mechanics but some ads will close the game, the game which does NOT autosave. I have lost a lot of progress many times and won't give this game more of my time. Every once in a while a reminder will pop up to save. But for a current mobile game to use popular time sensitive mechanics and not auto save is no excuse.

Thomas Blakley (The Ikrabaran)

3 years ago

Was really enjoying it... And then the ads started. I played the game for maybe 2ish hours. Was really enjoying it. Got to the 3rd shop expansion, was using the card display, watching some ads for the boosts. Very much enjoying it.. and then ads started popping up seemingly every minutes, after I would do anything. Incredibly tedious. I was thinking about dropping $$ before this happened, but I cannot support such a blatant attempt at getting people to pay for the "No Ads" by doing this.

Howin Tsang

3 years ago

Aggressive microtransactions and unusually high pricing for basic functions. The game itself is designed to play with manager turned on, which costs $5, but to make any significant progress in the game you either constantly watch ads to the point where you're on the ads screen more than the game, or you pay $10. Other similar games go for between $3 to $8 to unlock full functionality.

Oxyiem

2 years ago

Been playing for almost a week now, fun little tycoon game. Need a few QoL changes but other than that it's actually kinda entertaining. The sorting is a little weird but not too annoying. Wish you could sort by value in your collections, remove things from the shelves (i want to organize!), and maybe some random events besides collectors coming in. Someone mentioned styles, i would love to be able to buy different style shelves, flooring, lights, all that!!

Daniel Biermann

2 years ago

Not too shabby. I wish there were more progression and more nuanced progression (perhaps more design options, et cetera). Also, the upgrades are too expensive for how limited the game seems to be at the moment. Also, the cards and their sorting has been confusing me with how similar they are, and how spread out they are, but maybe that's just me.

Rowan Helton

3 years ago

It's pretty good so far, but more customization would be nice. EDIT: had to severely lower the rating because the game keeps not saving my progress. Several times now when I open the game it hasn't been where I left it off at (came back to less shelves than I purchased, no rare pack access after purchasing upgrade, also quest progress reverted to quests I already completed). Please fix this asap as it is a very annoying bug.

Kc Huntsman

3 years ago

It seems like a pretty standard and simple game. Issue is, every bit of quality of life is locked behind a pay wall. Opening packs is a nightmare because the UI is clunky, and have to pay to open more than one at a time. Restocking shelves is awkward again because of UI, and to keep them stocked, have to spend IRL money. Game is fun, but you'd almost have to spend $10 just to play. I feel like the game would be immediately more accessible with the qol adjusted a little bit.

Nick Hartwell

3 years ago

I really like what's here! A note to the developer: the manager should really be listed as the "paid" version of the game, with maybe some added features. Going into the game I thought I would need to purchase a lot of microtransactions for the convenience options, but it's really JUST the manager that you need to buy to have a better experience. The rest are optional purchases.

John Smith

3 years ago

It's not a bad game to spend some free time playing, but there's a pretty large issue in my opinion, I watched an ad to get a customer rush and had to reload the game, upon reloading i had lost over 800 fame as well as every upgrade I have purchased but kept all other progress, and this happens everytime I load into the game now. I lose all of the resources that went into the upgrades as well.

Henry Mejia

3 years ago

Overall it's a great concept for am idle game. I love the flow, the appeal is there, but it's also missing a couple things. Aside from the colorful cards you can collect, an option to decorate your store and shelves, Be able to edit the counter-top with various game mats, and I think the manager option should just be free. He helps, but not enough for 5$ worth. Decoration, built in management, and to be able to change the look of your character would DRAMATICALLY change the game. 4 ⭐️ for now.

cameron mouser (RandomAccessMammeries)

2 years ago

Super fun little shop sim! Update: I love this game it's super addictive. The gameplay loop is engaging every time you reset the timeline! The card art is great as well! I would love to see the card game realized so we could play our cards against other players or even npcs, but as is the game is great fun. I purchased the ad free combo and it really made the game better. As much as I love the game the ads for every little thing do make it tough to play without the ad free version.

Zone Tan

3 years ago

Does not save frequently, even when manually saving. I have lost an hour or more of progress multiple times, frequently. It's not even a once on a while problem. It's constant. The saving to cloud button doesn't change anything. Developer is aware of the issue and is working on trying to figure it out. changing my review to 4 stars now that they are aware. its a fun game and worth playing still, lets hope it can be resolved.

Rocketsevens

3 years ago

Seems really fun. Ive only played for 35 min before they asked me to make this review. So far I am enjoying it, there are no ads that pop up all the time (hard to find these days). The only issue I have right now = the auto fill option costs real $$. It seems like they are forcing you to spend $5 on something that is normally free. I see myself getting annoyed with filling shelves manually and just moving onto a different game.

Ian

1 year ago

It's fun for a bit but the game is unbearable without purchasing the open 10 at a time upgrade, and by the time you reach the player cards(at the back) having to reset your shop for so few points just to get 1 upgrade really starts to suck. This is a personal gripe of mine but I also really hate when idle games don't have an endpoint.

Jaime Salazar

1 year ago

Really fun little game, the game loop is simple but keeps attention. I even bought the No Ads and Shopkeeper! I only really have one gripe and that is with the "Auto" systems. Right now the "Auto Shelving" setting goes across all tables - I'd like to see the ability to change that from table to table. The "Auto Restock" could benefit from being able to set a Stop Purchasing limit, like setting it to stop buying if you reach 100000 of an item. Give more control on those, and you got 5 stars!

Seth Skinner

1 year ago

Really a fun game. You will probably need to pay for one or two things to get rid of tedious tasks. The scrolling is a little finicky, and I wish there was an "open all" button when opening packs, but the rest of the gameplay loop is fun. It really just keeps you engaged enough to keep coming back and work on the card collection. You can "prestige" your shop, in a sense, and build it up again, but I've only done that once or twice. Overall one of the better idle games around.

Kyle Smith

1 year ago

Cool game. It's fun. However I've spent at least 40 bucks buying into the game and unfortunately I lose it because of the frequent crashing and lack of saving. Spend a few bucks, open some packs, spend the points on upgrades....shortly after the game crashes and rolls back to before my purchase was made. Money has been charged, yet my stuff is gone. Extremely frustrating.